Lord
Rhondda was laid down in Newcastle and launched in 1918.
She changed name and owners several times during her
career, and was confiscated by the Germans in second
world war. She was renamed to Hochheimer under their
service. Outside the coast of Bilbao she was torpedoed
by the British submarine HMS Sceptre 21.May 1944. The
wreck was found in the early 2000s east of Bilbao approx
one nautical mile north of Cape
Machichaco on a depth of 90 to 95 meter.
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Hochheimer
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Lord
Rhondda,Ottinge,Ronwyn
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79,4 x 11,5 m
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1864 grt
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Newcastle ( UK ) 1918
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Lübeck ( D )
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